The Christian Chronicle

The Christian Chronicle is an American religious newspaper associated with the Churches of Christ.^{[2]: 176–7} The Chronicle has a "news not views" editorial policy.^[2]: 177

The Christian Chronicle

Type	Monthly newspaper
Owner(s)	The Christian Chronicle Inc.
President	Erik Tryggestad
Editor-in-chief	Bobby Ross Jr.
Associate editor	Audrey Jackson
Opinion editor	Jeremie Beller
Founded	1943 (1943)
Headquarters	Oklahoma Christian University Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Circulation	132,000 (as of 2024)[1]
OCLC number	16538784
Website	christianchronicle.org

History

The Christian Chronicle was established in 1943, by journalist and Bible scholar Olan Hicks as a newspaper with the primary goal of providing information about Churches of Christ. Has been characterized as "one of the most important sources of primary historical information on the worldwide missions carried out by Churches of Christ."^[2]: 177 The paper was acquired by Sweet Publishing Company in the late 1960s.^[3]: 725 In 1981 the Chronicle was redesigned by Charlie Marler, a journalism professor from Abilene Christian University.^[2]: 176 It has been supported since 1981 by Oklahoma Christian University.^[2]: 176

A survey conducted in the early 1990s found that 68 percent of ministers in the Churches of Christ read the Chronicle, and 88 percent of those readers said they agreed with the content.^[2]: 177 The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement describes the Chronicle as "by far the most-read paper in the Churches of Christ and [it] exercises an influence for cohesiveness in this part of the Stone-Campbell Movement".^[2]: 177 The Chronicle has a "news not views" editorial policy.^[2]: 177

The newspaper's print edition was redesigned in April 2000 and again in May 2024. Following the second redsign, articles will be classified under the headers: Matter of Fact (top stories), National, International, Life Matters (includes opinion), Q&A interviews and reviews.^[4]